When we look at the biography of many famous politicians in the USA, it is quite obvious that there will quite a few women who also have made their mark in the history of this great country. Katherine Clark is one such woman who has been able to write a successful story about her career in the field of politics. She has been a representative of Massachusetts 5th Congressional District.

She has catered to many districts including Medford, Boston, Woburn and Framingham. Hence there is no denying the fact that there is quite a bit of political experience and expertise behind her and the same has to be factored while evaluating Katherine Clark and her life. We will therefore have a look at the various facets of her life so that we can get to know more about her. She was born on July 17th 1963.

Early Life

She was born in Connecticut, in a place called New Haven. She did her schooling from Cornell Law School and St. Lawrence University. Katherine Clark also studied in Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Further she also has a short stint of studies in Japan in a place called Nagoya. In her early days, Clark worked as an attorney in Chicago. She then moved over to Colorado. Here she worked as clerk and this perhaps gave a first push as far as her career is concerned. She worked for a federal judge and later she also worked as a staff attorney for the famous Colorado District Attorney’s Association. She eventually moved to Massachusetts and took over as the general counsel for the State Office of Child Care Services.

Personal Life

Katherine Clark is married to Rodney S. Dowell, who is the attorney and executive director of the group which looks up various Lawyers Program-related events. They have been successfully married for many years now and therefore it would not be wrong to mention that their personal life has been always smooth. There has been no mention of the word divorce so far and this certainly is a big testimony to their commitment to their marriage so far.

Net Worth

The net worth of Katherine Clark is around $6.90 million which is modest to say the least.

Career

Apart from career in the legal field, the real success of Katherine Clark actually has happened as a congress woman. Hence, this part of her career should be given the importance which it deserves.

Katherine was the nominee for the democratic party in the year 2013 special election and was nominated for the U.S. House of Representatives In Massachusetts 5th Congressional District. Clark came as a replacement for Ed Markey. Her nomination was supported by Martha Coakley Attorney and also won the endorsement of the EMILY’s List. She won the Primary with a plurality of around 32% of the vote. She easily won the special election on December 13, 2013.

Thus began her journey as a Congressional politician and since then she has never looked back winning quite a few other such contests. Kate was known for her clear ideological stand and in January 2017 she chose to boycott the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump. Kate also is known to have engaged in some debates with Education Secretary Betsy Devos with regard to LGBT students rights.